Frozen 2 has been a hit with both adults and kids alike, and although the movie has plenty
of slapstick comedy for little ones to enjoy, it also includes some eyebrow-raising grown-up
jokes and references as well.
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, I'm Jan and in this video, I'm revealing the 12 most surprising
and shocking adult gags and details that Disney's animators snuck into Frozen 2.
"Come on, it'll be fun!"
There will be spoilers, so take care if you haven't seen the movie yet.
"It began with two sisters."
When Kristoff sings about proposing to Anna during 'Some Things Never Change', he gets
down on one knee and holds up a ring directly in front of Sven who nods vigorously in reply.
But it's the reaction of the on-lookers to this scene that makes this a priceless adult
joke, as they clearly think that Kristoff has taken his theory that 'Reindeer are better
than people' a step too far and is actually asking one to marry him!
One horrified woman puts her hand in front of her young daughter's eyes to stop her seeing
what's happening.
While another woman not only turns her head away from Kristoff and Sven but, as an extra
precaution, also blocks her eyes with her hand.
This isn't the first time the unusual connection between Kristoff and Sven has been referred
to in the Frozen franchise.
In the first movie, the Trolls poked fun at their special relationship when they sang
the 'Fixer-Upper' song which included Kristoff's various flaws such as
'his thing with the reindeer.
That's a little outside of nature's laws!'
"That's normal."
In Frozen 2, Kristoff is of course devoted to Anna, but the new film still has some funny
callbacks to the original movie’s romantic tension between the pair.
For example, Elsa and Olaf fall asleep on their cart ride to the Enchanted Forest, and
as soon as Anna notices they're no longer awake, she asks Kristoff what he'd like to
do!
It's clear from both her tone and body language when she asks the question, and the fact that
she leans in for a kiss, that she's got loving on her mind.
"Yes!"
And then when Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven get all dressed up in fancy outfits for a special
occasion at the end of the movie, Kristoff just isn't comfortable with his new clothes,
and tells Anna, 'You get this for one hour'.
That's when Anna whispers her rather racy reply to him, 'That's ok, I prefer you in
leather anyway!'
"Charmed, I'm sure."
That's followed by even more double-entendres as Olaf's innocent comment to Kristoff that
'I'm shocked you can last an hour' will doubtless be understood by some adults watching as a
reference to something other than the character's smart new clothes, especially given Anna's
previous comment about leather.
"Don't patronise me."
After the gang encounter the wind spirit in the Enchanted Forest, it lifts Olaf up in
the air, twirling him around playfully.
And as he whirls around, his bottom half billows out around him, like a dress caught in the
breeze.
This is a tribute to the iconic scene in director Billy Wilders' film The Seven Year Itch where
Marilyn Monroe's white dress blows up around her after a blast of air from a subway grate.
And Olaf even remarks that the breezy experience is 'delicious', just like Monroe did in the
1955 classic comedy about marital infidelity.
"Ooh, do you feel the breeze from the subway?
Isn't it delicious?"
Later, when Olaf first introduces himself to the people trapped in the Forest, Ryder
gasps and hides behind his sister Honeymaren.
"Who are you?"
"Hi, I'm Olaf."
Although Ryder's clearly shocked to meet a talking snowman, that never occurs to Olaf
who thinks the problem is something quite different.
"Oh!
Sorry, yeah I just find clothes restricting."
Yes, Olaf believes that Ryder's so stunned when they meet because he thinks the little
snowman isn't wearing any clothes!
So, now we know for sure that, despite the three stones resembling buttons on his front,
Olaf actually prefers to go au naturel!
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Frozen 2 pokes fun at a particularly iconic moment from the first movie.
After Elsa's "Show Yourself" song, Ahtohallan reveals memories to her of past events including
childhood games with Anna and the Duke of Weselton dancing.
But when she sees the memory of herself strutting her stuff during Let It Go, it makes her visibly
cringe.
It's an amusing moment of Elsa feeling embarrassed at the actions of her younger self, something
many adults will be able to relate to.
But there's a second level to this joke as not only is it about having outgrown your
younger self, it may also be a wink to those in the audience who saw or heard that song
so many times it ended up driving them crazy!
That same moment from Let It Go was also parodied earlier in the sequel when Olaf imitated Elsa's
signature self-assured sashay during a game of charades.
"Ooh, Elsa!"
The sequel also remedies complaints from fans that Kristoff never got a full song of his
own in the first movie.
"Reindeers are better than people.
Sven, why is love so hard?"
This time Kristoff gets to belt out his very own love song called Lost In The Woods.
It's all about his struggles to move forward in his relationship with Anna and there's
plenty about this new musical number that's aimed specifically at adults.
There's the whole retro style of the song, which is basically a take on 80s power ballads.
According to Kristen Anderson-Lopez, one half of the husband-and-wife song-writing team
behind Frozen's mega hits, 'The 1980s was that brief moment in music when men were allowed
to sing those big power ballads – and to be vulnerable while doing it.'
Personally, when I watched the film, Lost In The Woods had a strong feel of Peter Cetera
and Chicago's 80s power ballads, like Glory of Love, the theme for The Karate Kid Part
2, and You're The Inspiration, which featured in Deadpool.
But the 80s vibe of Lost In The Woods doesn't end with the music.
Kristoff also gets the 80s music video treatment, complete with music video wind for that signature
romantic breeze.
Between the visuals and the song itself, the Lost In The Woods sequence nicely balances
amusing images, perfect for a retro music video, with Kristoff's very real sincerity
as he sings about his love for Anna.
And speaking of classic music videos, it seems the Frozen 2 team had one particularly famous
music video in mind when they were animating Lost In The Woods.
The way Sven and several other reindeer appear as backing singers around Kristoff during
his new power ballad channels the look of the ground-breaking promotional video that
Queen made in 1975 for their super-hit Bohemian Rhapsody.
The British rock band's video has been so influential that it's credited with "practically
inventing the music video", and many adults in the Frozen 2 audience will immediately
spot some of its signature style as Sven and his fellow quadrupeds orbit Kristoff as they
provide reindeer harmonies for his lead vocals.
Fun fact: as well as voicing Kristoff, actor Jonathan Groff also voices all the reindeer
in the song!
"You feel what you feel.
And those feelings are real.
Come on Kristoff, let down your guard."
When Elsa and Anna discover their parents' shipwreck in the Enchanted Lands, they wonder
why and how their parents ended up there.
Anna has the idea to look for answers in the waterproof compartment that every Arendellian
ship has.
Which prompts Olaf to muse, 'that's very clever; although it does make me wonder why they don't
just make the whole ship waterproof.'
This is actually a sly joke about aeroplanes and their flight recorders, aka black boxes,
which are designed specifically to survive airplane crashes so the flight data they store
can be used by accident investigators to determine the cause of a crash.
A fact which often leads people to joke: why aren't aeroplanes made from the same material
as black boxes?!
One of the main themes that runs throughout the film is change and how we adapt to it
and Olaf is a crucial character in getting that point across.
"How I wish this could last forever.
Hmmm!
And yet change mocks us with her beauty."
Olaf was a bundle of innocence when we met him in the first film, however now, instead
of dreaming up plans for summertime, Olaf is trying to come to terms with the many changes
happening around him.
"Tell me, you're older and thus all-knowing.
Do you ever worry about the notion that nothing is permanent?"
What's especially amusing for adults in the audience is that Olaf really believes that
everything he's going through and life in general will all make sense when he's grown
up!
In fact, Olaf's song 'When I Am Older' includes a lot of lines that adults will doubtless
find funny, such as: 'I'll have all the answers when I'm older';
'When I'm more mature, I'll feel totally secure', and 'when you're older, absolutely everything
makes sense'.
Grown-up viewers will find the irony of Olaf's song comical as they know getting older doesn't
always mean you understand everything better, sometimes things just seem even more ridiculous.
"Well, you're the grown-ups you'd know."
And adults will also laugh because they'll probably remember they thought the same as
Olaf when they were kids too!
In the three years between the events of the two movies, Olaf has been reading and learning
a lot, and he drives the other characters a little crazy on their journey north with
his fascinating facts that range from the chances of getting struck by lightning to
the shape of wombat poop.
But the little snowman has even begun to ponder some weightier, philosophical ideas.
"Hey, let me ask you.
How do you guys cope with ever-increasing complexity of thought that comes with maturity?
Oh, no, no, don't chew that, you don't know what I've stepped in."
In the Enchanted Forest, when Anna asks Olaf for some help in understanding the mysterious
ice sculptures created by Elsa's magic, just before he gets to his "water has memory" explanation,
Olaf mentions his theory "about advancing technologies [being] both our saviour and
our doom."
Many adults will find this reference both humorous and true given the real-life benefits
and threats that stem from our ever-advancing technological world, whether that's connecting
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